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"Healthy start." A national strategy for parents with intellectual disabilities and their children
- Authors:
- McCONNELL David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 5(3), September 2008, pp.194-202.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Parents with intellectual disabilities, like all other parents, need support with child rearing. The Australian government has funded a capacity-building model known as 'Healthy Start: A national strategy for children of parents with intellectual disabilities', as part of its Stronger Families and Communities Strategy. This paper presents this model for building systems capacity that, in brief, addresses on the one hand, practitioner commitment, knowledge, and skills, and on the other, the parent education and community development resources needed to support parents with intellectual disability and promote a healthy start to life for their young children. The model involves the development of local leaders and practitioner networks in addition to dissemination of knowledge and innovation to support evidence-based practice. Innovative, cross-disciplinary, and inter-sectoral practitioner networks are at the heart of this capacity-building model. These networks bridge the gap between research knowledge and practitioner knowledge as a basis for planning and coordinating local service development.
Education - the missing link at transition
- Author:
- MITTLER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 12(2), April 2007, pp.14-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article aims to provoke national and local discussion of the proposition that the needs of school-age children and young people with learning disabilities have not been comprehensively addressed in planning and provision following the publication of Valuing People. Since inter-agency collaboration is currently a high priority for central government the author calls for a new attempt to develop a more fully integrated service which includes local education authorities, SEN regional partnerships, Learning and Skills Councils, colleges of further education and the Connexions Service.
'Policies don't protect people, it's how they are implemented': policy and practice in protecting people with learning disabilities from abuse
- Authors:
- NORTHWAY Ruth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 41(1), February 2007, pp.86-104.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Recent years have seen the development of policy guidance documents in both Wales and England relating to the protection of vulnerable adults from abuse. This policy guidance does, however, require translation into policies at the local level and that these policies are then implemented in day-to-day practice. This article reports some of the findings of a two-year study, funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care, that examined the development and implementation of such policies in services for people with learning disabilities within Wales. Data were gathered by means of a survey of service providers from across Wales and also via focus groups held with direct care staff and those with a responsibility for investigating alleged abuse. Positive developments include a commitment to multi-disciplinary working, increased clarity and consistency, and greater awareness. Less positive aspects include the potential for policy ‘overload’ and a feeling that, while there is awareness of the existence of vulnerable adults policies, knowledge of their content may be more limited. recommendations are made for the development of policy, practice and research.
Towards a national framework for tackling adult abuse
- Authors:
- AMBACHE Jeremy, DAVEY Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, November 1997, p.20.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
There are signs that social services agencies and national government are taking the abuse of vulnerable adults more seriously. With speculation that the Government is about to publish a Green Paper on the subject, the authors explain how policies on abuse have already evolved.